Alberta Louise (Dorman) Clark
Alberta Louise Clark of Prescott Road Zolfo Springs Fl. passed into heaven Monday, March 18, 2024.
Alberta was born December 13,1934, in Westfield, New York to Robert Earl and Irene Dorman and a family of three brothers and a sister. With the death of her father in 1940, at the age of five the family was split and placed in the foster care system. She was eventually taken in by Earl and Claira Nickerson and their three boys from Clymer, New York. She was raised and loved by the Nickersons as their own. She attended Clymer schools and then moved with them to Wauchula Floridia in 1952 as they relocated their Dairy Farm.
In 1954 she married Paul Clark of Corry, Pennsylvania. They moved with Paul's work and finally put down roots in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, and raised two sons.
She was reunited after 30 years with her three brothers Raymond, William, and Lavern Dorman, and her sister Mary (Dorman) Lennard. After a short stay in California, in the mid 1980s Alberta returned to Wauchula in the 1990s and lived on the family farm taking care of her Mother Claira, and then her son Michael who suffered from M.S. Alberta loved antiques. She also was an avid painter. She loved to spend time with the Hardee County young people teaching crafts and painting.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Claira and Earl Nickerson, her son Micheal Ray Clark, her brothers Norman Nickerson, Roger Nickerson, and daughter-in-law Jennifer Clark.
Alberta is survived by her son Daniel (Susan) Clark of Stone Mountain Ga. and her brother Howard (Debbie) Nickerson of Luraville, Florida, her sister Mary (Dorman) Lennard of California, four grandchildren Brandy (Josh) Howell, of Stone Mountain, Ga., Kristin (Ben) Stuart of Roswell, Ga., Grant (Brittney) Clark of Tucker, Ga., and Andrew Clark of Los Angeles, California. Along with four great-grandchildren. Andrew, Henry, Morgan, and Everette.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Hardee County FFA Alumni, addressed to 308 Bell Street, Wauchula, FL 33873.
A graveside service will be held at Wauchula City Cemetery on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 10:00 A.M. Pastor Stephen Darley will be officiating.